Friday, June 15, 2012

Netherlands Down Under

Peter van UhmNATO Secretary General Anders Fogh Rasmussen is not the only senior foreign dignitary visiting Australia to discuss military cooperation.

The Dutch chief of defense staff, General Peter van Uhm, has been meeting with Australian Defense Minister Stephen Smith and the Chief of Defence Force, General David Hurley, to examine the possibility of cooperating in the areas of cyberdefense, submarines and the F-35 Joint Strike Fighter (JSF).

The Dutch and Australian armed forces have already been cooperating in Afghanistan in Uruzgan province, where they were both deployed until the Dutch withdrawal.

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